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Jennifer Mah Lawson

Clinical Faculty in the Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
Box 3675 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
3116 North Duke St, Durham, NC 27704

Overview


Physician provides primary care services only. Interests include medical humanities, climate change and health, integrative medicine, transdisciplinary collaboration, underserved communities. Member of inaugural group of Climate Change Faculty Fellows, 2022

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Clinical Faculty in the Department of Pediatrics · 2025 - Present Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Pediatrics
Faculty Associate in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, & History of Medicine · 2017 - Present Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine, Institutes and Centers
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2018 - Present Duke Science & Society, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

Recent Publications


A pilot course on climate and health for students and faculty in the health professions.

Journal Article Front Public Health · 2026 PURPOSE: Managing the health impacts of climate change will require the coordinated expertise of all health professions. Therefore, trainees and practitioners need to learn about climate change and its health impacts in an interprofessional setting. Accord ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Development of a curricular thread to foster medical students' critical reflection and promote action on climate change, health, and equity.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2024 INTRODUCTION: Due to the health consequences arising from climate change, medical students will inevitably interact with affected patients during their training and careers. Accordingly, medical schools must incorporate education on the impacts of climate ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Physician moral injury in the context of moral, ethical and legal codes.

Journal Article J Med Ethics · September 28, 2022 After 40 years of attributing high rates of physician career dissatisfaction, attrition, alcoholism, divorce and suicide to 'burnout', there is growing recognition that these outcomes may instead be caused by moral injury. This has led to a debate about th ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Bull City Bites and Books

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Academy of Pediatrics · 2018 - 2020

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Education


Duke University · 2017 M.A.
University of Vermont · 1990 M.D.